Here’s a happy thought. Spring will be here in just a little over two months. With that in mind I thought this would be a good time to start planning the garden. We’ve got all of those gardening catalogues arriving in our mailbox almost daily. All you need is paper and pen to get started.

I love to page through the catalogues and circle the item and the page numbers of those things that I’m interested in possibly growing. Don’t hold back. You never know what the next catalogue will bring and you may want to plant several varieties of the same thing.

County highway foreman Chip Chambers said his crews were prepared for significantly more snow that the 1 ½ to 2 inches that fell Thursday in Anderson County, but is happy those preparations proved unnecessary.

A pit bull attack on a 2-year-old has the Anderson County Fiscal Court reconsidering an ordinance that deals with potentially vicious and vicious dogs.

The 2-year-old suffered facial lacerations when bitten last week by a pit bull while the child was visiting a family member in the Glensboro area, according to animal control officer Jason Chesser.

Chesser said a nephew of the woman who owns the home and his 2-year-old son were visiting her when the child was attacked. He said the child was hospitalized with facial wounds, but has since returned home.

A Fox Creek Road resident is facing nearly $10,000 in fines and 90 days in jail for operating what amounts to a junkyard near his home.

Kenneth Peach, of 1820 Fox Creek Road, was found guilty during a Dec. 28 bench trial for violating a county zoning ordinance by operating a junkyard on property zoned A-1 (agricultural), according to documents on file in Anderson District Court.

Peach can avoid all but $100 of the fine and the jail time if he cleans up his property by May 6, District Court Judge Linda Armstrong ruled.